Beecroft

CHULMLEIGH EAST STREET, (north side), SS 6814-6914 Chulmleigh 7/56 Beecroft (formerly listed as House 20.2.67 at south-west corner of Langley Lane) GV II Former tenement farmhouse, now private house. Probably late C17 or early C18, but remodelled in C19 and with C20 alterations. Painted rendered stone rubble and cob. Asbestos slate roof replaced thatch in 1958, hipped at front end, gable end to rear. Rendered stacks at rear gable end and rear lateral stack with offsets heating lower end. Plan: Built at right-angles to East Street at junction with Langley Lane. 2 room and through-passage plan, with lower end heated by rear lateral stack to right probably originally the parlour, and kitchen to left. Principal entrance on left side facing Langley Lane. A staircase was orginally situated in the rear right-hand corner of the lower end room, but was removed in C20 and access made through to the late C19/early C20 single-storey gable-ended wing attached to rear of lower end, formerly an outbuilding and now converted to form part of dwelling. Second winder staircase in front right-hand corner of kitchen. Single storey gable-ended dairy beyond the kitchen attached to upper end. Exterior: 2 storeys. Single C20 4 light casement on each floor to front end. Small 4 paned sash to right of 4 panelled door, the upper 2 panels glazed to left side facing Langley Lane. C19 3 light casement 3 panes per light to ground floor on right side. Interior C19 dado panelling throughout. C20 grate possibly conceals original fireplace lower end. C19 ledged plank door to rear of through-passage. Roof: 3 probably late C18 trusses with straight principals, X apexes and pegged, lapped collars.

Listing NGR: SS6899914318